American - Poet | April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014
I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it.
Maya Angelou
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I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother's papers were destroyed. I'd written some essays. I loved poetry, still do. But I really, really loved it then.
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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.
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The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
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Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.
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Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything.
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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
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Effective action is always unjust.
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Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
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Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.
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